Purple Hands Wines Planta Circa Ancestor Vine Grenache 2023
G 98
Deep crimson. Intense ripe plum, strawberry hint negroni aromas with some dark chocolate spice notes. Superbly concentrated and flavourful wine with abundant strawberry pastille, raspberry, red plum flavours, lovely mid-palate viscosity and fine slinky firm tannins. Bittersweet with a touch of vigour at the finish. A brilliant wine! Drink now–or keep for a while 14% alc The Standish Wine Company Lamella Shiraz 2022 G 98 Deep crimson. Elderberry, dark plum, liquorice aromas with dark chocolate, ginger notes. Richly concentrated, dark plum, blackberry pastille, elderberry, grippy/ slinky/graphite tannins and beautifully integrated mocha, ginger oak. Chocolaty dry finish with a flow of dark berry pastille fruits. Absolutely top-notch, Drink
now–2034 14.9% alc Yalumba The Caley Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2014
G 98
Medium-deep colour. Very expressive with roasted coffee, black cherry pastille, cassis, mocha aromas with tobacco/hint sage notes. Beautifully balanced wine with black cherry pastille cassis fruits, loose-knit chalky/grainy tannins, superb mid-palate volume and viscosity and underlying espresso/mocha oak complexity. Finishes leafy firm with seductive dark berry fruits and a lovely tannin plume. A beautiful wine that has developed into something special and lasting. Evoking the very best of the Australian Cabernet Shiraz tradition, it’s destined to become a classic vintage of the decade. 82% Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Barossa Shiraz. 20 months’ maturation in 41% new and 59% seasoned French oak barriques.
14% alc Drink 2023–2038 Henschke Hill of Grace Shiraz 2019
G 97+
Deep crimson. Beautiful cassis, blackberry pastille, roasted chestnut, espresso, herb garden, star anise aromas. Silky smooth and inky textured wine with ample blackcurrant, blackberry pastille fruits, fine loose knit graphite tannins, crunchy fresh acidity and beautifully balanced mocha, roasted chestnut, hazelnut nougat, dark chocolate notes. A lovely chalky bitter-sweet finish with a fine tannin plume. Saturated and buoyant with superb mineral length. Atypical for Hill of Grace but I suspect bottle age will haul it back into line. A fascinating vintage and a beautifully made wine. 14.5% alc Drink now–2038+
South Australia 2024
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